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Warning,
Full Frontal Nudity on this page and definitely in the PDF files.
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1976
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Over 120 issues |
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Founded in January of 1976 by Richard Kavanaugh, Cruise Magazine was a part of Cavco Inc. Early on Robert Swinden was listed as a photographer and by September 1977 the masthead listed Swinden as President, with Kavanaugh as Editor. Swinden may have been responsible for the policy of featuring full frontal nudity almost from the beginning. Also from the start this "bar rag" featured thorough coverage of not just the Atlanta clubs but also for the entire South Eastern region, and into Texas. Over the years there were several formats and sizes, with most of the early ones being 5x8 1/2" before jumping to mostly 8 1/2x11 by 1978, apparently going for a more national market. |
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Thanks
to the University of Houston Special LGBT Collections area for the loan
of most of these, they made this page possible.
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Cruise Magazine |
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1-9 |
Volume
1-10 |
Volume
1-11 |
Volume
1-12 |
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Volume
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Volume
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2-8 |
Volume
2-9 |
Volume
2-10 |
Volume
2-11 |
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2-12 |
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3-6 |
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3-7 |
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3-8 |
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3-11 |
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Volume
4-1
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Volume 4-2 |
Volume 4-3
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Volume 4-4
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Volume 4-5 |
Vol 4-6 |
Volume 4-7 |
Volume 4-8 |
Volume 4-9 |
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Volume 46 |
Volume 47 |
Volume
48 |
Volume
49 |
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Vol 6-1,
Jan 1982 |
Volume
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Volume
7-1 |
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Yes, the issue numbering is confusing....they used just numbers for a while, with some publication gaps (how long?) and then came back in 1982 with a holiday cover, and a year later had "Spring" and as Volume 7-2. And....What happened in 1980 through 1982 that I have not happened upon? If you know, please advise. Also by Jan 1982 the publishing credits changed to R&R Publishing, likely for Robert Swinden and Rick Burroughs. Below, Cruise History...
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Cruise
Weekly Arts & Entertainment Magazine (1983-84)
Here's where it gets confusing...what happened after Spring 1983 to the larger more travel format? And it appears a small format version began in early 1982. My access starts with #43, back to small copies, Robert Swinden is again the Publisher and no nudity. |
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Volume
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Vol
9-12, 03/23/84,
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Vol
9-19, 05/11/84 |
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Vol
9-50, 12/13/84, PDF |
Vol 9-51, 12/20/84, PDF |
Vol
10-15, 04/12/85, PDF |
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Cruise
Variations
Not sure how long the Weekly Calendar ran, but it was weekly concurrent with the montly magazine editions. The Book of Maps apparently ran for several years. AND, Cruise was also produced in Washington DC and Detroit. Per Ted Retzloff: "According to my oral history interview with longtime publisher Tony Rome, Detroit's magazine began as a sibling of the Cruise published in Atlanta, was actually printed in Georgia when it started out and had to be shipped to Michigan. Rome soon bought the Detroit version outright and moved operations north. He retired in 1999, and sold it to a Chuck Thompson, who continued it until 2005." |
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Book
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Gay Swinger,
V 1-1 |
Vol 2-7,
2/16/84, PDF |
Vol 1-1,
3/23/79 |
Vol
6-41, 10/19/84, PDF |
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Score
1977-1980 Auxiliary pub of photos, stories, personal ads. At least 16 monthly issues. I have not had access to scan many copies yet. At first a product of Cruise (Cavco) of Atlanta and between issues 10 and 14 went its own way, out of Charlotte NC. I have only been able to scan issues 5 (PDF) and 6 (PDF), and 11 (1979?) PDF. Issues 5 & 6 gave no dates whatsoever. |
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Cruise
Weekly (1978-1985)
Looks like this ran concurrently with Cruise, but weekly, have only seen these covers, so have no other data |
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Cruise
Weekly, Vol 3-19 |
Cruise
Weekly, Vol 3-34 |
Cruise
Weekly, Vol 3-42 |
Cruise
Weekly, Vol 3-45 |
Cruise
Weekly, Vol 5-1 |
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Cruise
Newsmagazine and Cruise News (Apr-Dec 1983)
Trying to fill a newspaper void in Atlanta |
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Vol 1-18, 08/26/83, PDF |
Vol
1-19, 09/02/83, PDF |
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And,
see below, |
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Around
the Clock - New Orleans
while not out of Atlanta, by the end the ties there will be clear |
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Vol
1-42, 11/30/84, PDF |
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Around
the Clock becomes Cruise Around the Clock, July 1985
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Vol 2-22, 07/12/85, PDF |
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Vol 2-25, 08/01/85, PDF |
Vol 2-26, 08/09/85, PDF |
Vol 2-27, 08/16/85, PDF |
Vol 2-36-101885 |
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Vol 2-46, 12/27/85, PDF Vol 2-36
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